The Cathars infiltrated the highest ranks of society & posed a threat not only to the Catholic Church in France but also to the secular authorities. This text examines their heretical beliefs & their violent suppression under the Crusades & Inquisition.
The guide combines rich cultural and historical information and lively coverage of all the sights with detailed practical information - for all budgets. Special attention is given to outdoor activities, including cycling, hiking and boating and expert advice is given on making t…
The Rough guide to Languedoc & Roussillon
by Trott, Victoria, Catlos, Brian, Marchi, Richard
fromRough guides
"The old regime province of Languedoc provides the setting for Stephen Miller's rich analysis of state and society relations in eighteenth-century France. Continuing where William Beik's pathbreaking seventeenth-century study ends, this book sheds new light on the origins of the…
"The old regime province of Languedoc provides the setting for Stephen Miller's rich analysis of state and society relations in eighteenth-century France. Continuing where William Beik's pathbreaking seventeenth-century study ends, this book sheds new light on the origins of the…
What should historians do with the words of the dead? Inquisition and Power reformulates the historiography of heresy and the inquisition by focusing on depositions taken from the Cathars, a religious sect that opposed the Catholic church and took root in southern France during …
In the study of inquisition and heresy in Languedoc the late-13th century is a dark hole. This book redresses this, providing an edition and translation of depositions of heresy suspects interrogated in Toulouse 1273-82, preserved in a copy of 1669.
In the study of inquisition and heresy in Languedoc the late-13th century is a dark hole. This book redresses this, providing an edition and translation of depositions of heresy suspects interrogated in Toulouse 1273-82, preserved in a copy of 1669.
